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Comment on German court says far-right AfD is suspected of extremism in ~news
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Comment on Is Emacs or VIM worth learning in today's day and age? in ~comp
tauon (edited )Link ParentPreface: While I’m too young to ever have seriously given vim a try before finding Helix, and not using it as my main editor/IDE all the time (yet?), but for sure as my new go-to place for “scrap...Preface: While I’m too young to ever have seriously given vim a try before finding Helix, and not using it as my main editor/IDE all the time (yet?), but for sure as my new go-to place for “scrap note taking” and server-side edits – from what I can tell, and by reading reviews online, it’s still fairly similar. There is definitely a difference, however, and not just in the details. Some people seem to struggle more, some less, in getting used to the new keybinds after decades of daily vi-ing.
how far is Helix from vim
Some of the common commands are practically identical (
:q!,:wq,/), or very similar/reasonably picked (g{g,e,h,l,42g}, others are a bit more removed from the original. As my first modal editor, their included tutorial file really helped in getting started.What’s better in Helix over vim?
- Sane defaults: you can actually decide to install it, walk through the
hx --tutorand start using the editor as a daily driver after that. While language servers will still be missing, syntax highlighting is mostly going to be there, as well as line numbers. I’d say it’s on a level comparable to or just under Sublime Text out of the box (in contrast to just a simple note-taking program). No endless configuration required, I to this day only have a small config file for the default color theme (I prefer light mode!), auto-save and line soft-wrap rules - User (beginner) friendlyness: all commands show in a sort of autocomplete, also applicable for other menus (e.g. when pressing space bar) with either the long form name or a short description next to them. About as discoverable as it gets
- (Can’t judge too well, obviously, but) supposedly better question support/feature request handling/not being stuck with some of the more questionable design decisions left over from vim
- Sane defaults: you can actually decide to install it, walk through the
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Comment on E-bikes: Seeking advice on a commuter bike that meets disability needs in ~transport
tauon LinkMy mom has an Ampler bike. I’m not sure if they ship outside of Europe, but the reason I’m bringing them up is because the first time she showed me her bike, I didn’t realize it was electric....My mom has an Ampler bike. I’m not sure if they ship outside of Europe, but the reason I’m bringing them up is because the first time she showed me her bike, I didn’t realize it was electric. (pictures of that specific model)
They somehow do such a good job of hiding the battery in the frame and keeping the bike reasonably lightweight that you really wonder how they do it. Acceptable range, and while I’m no expert, seems a bit pricey in terms of cost. (42 lbs, ≈ $3,050 USD)
It’s a pretty great e-bike in general, but I’m not sure if it’s one for you specifically – last I checked, they seemed to have a setting that never gave power unless you were actually pedaling, which is probably not ideal here.
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Comment on Most people think playing chess makes you 'smarter', but the evidence isn't clear on that in ~games.tabletop
tauon Link Parent(I lol’d.) That being said, I wouldn’t call this a case of being sore losers – I highly respect chess players, in the same way I hold respect for top (physical) athletes. The work they put into...(I lol’d.)
That being said, I wouldn’t call this a case of being sore losers – I highly respect chess players, in the same way I hold respect for top (physical) athletes. The work they put into their craft is (awe-)inspiring, borderline insane to wrap your head around the sheer amount of time dedicated, and in both cases I personally could never do it (nor want to).
Does that mean top chess players should decide on governmental policy, be university professors, or do whatever else we expect smart people to do? Well, no.
Where athletes forge their bodies, I think chess players mostly train their memory and pattern recognition. So chess knowledge, in my eyes, very likely doesn’t universally translate to smartness. It’s just that we’ve come to associate it as an indirect factor, as discussed in the top comment.
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Comment on ‘Hopeless and broken’: why the world’s top climate scientists are in despair in ~enviro
tauon Link ParentWell said! Agree on all points. I unfortunately don’t remember where, but some time ago, I read a simple explanation on why “only” 1.5°C increase is still bad for the average person: We’ve...Well said! Agree on all points.
I unfortunately don’t remember where, but some time ago, I read a simple explanation on why “only” 1.5°C increase is still bad for the average person:
- We’ve basically already missed it, so make that 2 (or more)
- Multiply by maybe 2 to offset the fact that continents heat up much more intensely and faster than the oceans
- Multiply by 2 if you live in a city, the bigger (and less greener), the worse
- This is area dependent, of course, and just a scenario to illustrate a point. Midwest/northern U.S. would notice this differently from, idk, Italy… perhaps there it’s a change in the negative temperature direction, or even nothing at all.
So “only” 2 degrees of warming can already result in up to 8 degrees more at your specific location where you live. And I bet everyone feels a change of that scale.
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Comment on A big new facility built to take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere opened up in Iceland. It's a stepping stone to bigger plans in the US. in ~enviro
tauon Link ParentWhile I could follow your previous points and still see where you’re coming from with them, I sorta have to “draw a line” at this part now. Iraq/Afghanistan and Pakistan, or at least regions of...I guess the difference is that I dont believe that hundreds of millions will die. I dont believe any place will become unlivable. Uncomfortable maybe, more dangerous at times, but not unlivable.
While I could follow your previous points and still see where you’re coming from with them, I sorta have to “draw a line” at this part now.
Iraq/Afghanistan and Pakistan, or at least regions of them, are both borderline unlivable already, the former due to temps of over ≈53°C (125°F) heat and the latter due to flood danger on a scale that’s hard to imagine. 33 million people and 10% of the country’s land not potentially, but affected in an event that has already occurred, let alone future risks? If this were happening in Europe, I guarantee you’d hear about the search for solutions in the news on a weekly basis. Hell, here in Germany a flood that, while much, much weaker, still catastrophic, was topic of national debate for like a year.
Now, you might argue these are cherry-picked examples. And to a certain extent they are, surely. Not that this does not or will not ever happen in South-East Asia as well, for example, but the reason I picked them is because of an at least to me easy-to-understand consequence. If either of these nations truly become uninhabitable (in the sense that the vast majority of their areas are), there will be migration streams in the tens, if not hundreds of millions of people, understandably so. This to me is not a question of debate, maybe of timing. People will leave an area before they die there, so if or when this is happening is purely a function of how bad their climate is getting, and not about to what extent your view on the world is through a “doomer” lens.
And at least some of them’ll head to Europe, at which point the continent, if it’s still peaceful, will fall apart – as a reminder: we pretended to not be able to cope with <10 million Syrian refugees in 2015.
Californian wildfires and Floridian… sinking are perhaps more widely known examples. From what I can tell, we can already notice parts of these areas becoming unlivable due to prohibitively high house insurance costs. That’d be a more or less direct effect of climate change and an example for how it could become visible in a “Western” society, even if you don’t subscribe to the idea that natural disasters occurring in themselves is a danger or possibility at all for some regions.
I got things to fix today, I need heat for 8 months of the year including today, there's no bandwidth left for 50 years from now even if I did believe it was an "emergency"
I agree however that this is an issue. The problem here isn’t personal “failure” of some sorts, of course not. Governments need to ensure they gather climate funds from parties which can afford to do so.
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Comment on AI, automation, and inequality — how do we reach utopia? in ~talk
tauon Link ParentAs the short story Manna reasonably laid out, I believe it’ll need more than just the possibility of utopia from a technical perspective, it’ll also have to “make sense” in an economic way. Things...As the short story Manna reasonably laid out, I believe it’ll need more than just the possibility of utopia from a technical perspective, it’ll also have to “make sense” in an economic way. Things will (probably) not just start sprouting up for free left and right simply because it’s feasible that humans don’t have to be involved any longer (think layoffs as an example that’s a step or two lower on the tech ladder. After all, they could’ve just kept the employees on pay roll…).
I think it’ll need a group of several very, very dedicated individuals and/or companies actively working towards a “Project Utopia” in order for it to have even small aspirations at ever becoming reality for more than an elite few.
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Comment on Climate policy is working – double down on what’s succeeding instead of despairing over what’s not in ~enviro
tauon Link ParentSilver lining is that regardless of how many targets we miss, every and any reduction still helps… 3 degrees will still be better than 3.5, 4, and so on. Even with tipping points – so that we’ll...1.5 c temp rise is out the window. The article says there is hope that we may be able to stop global warming before it hits 3. Humanity really needs to get out of its own way on this.
Silver lining is that regardless of how many targets we miss, every and any reduction still helps… 3 degrees will still be better than 3.5, 4, and so on. Even with tipping points – so that we’ll only reach those in less areas for example.
Things are already headed for catastrophe and all we can muster is the bare minimum.
This however I completely agree with. Another 40, 45°C (105, 115 °F) summer is coming up at least here in Europe, probably most everywhere, and shockingly many people simply… do not care? Not even only about doing things to prevent that future, but also seemingly trying or succeeding to ignore the outcomes we already have? I don’t know why.
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Comment on Humans might need to re-engineer the climate in ~enviro
tauon Link ParentHaven’t gotten to the linked podcast yet, but if I recall correctly, an alternative could potentially be certain salts, which would promise to not be, well, toxic. But in general it’d of course...Haven’t gotten to the linked podcast yet, but if I recall correctly, an alternative could potentially be certain salts, which would promise to not be, well, toxic.
But in general it’d of course remain unpredictable and other measures would be preferable for humanity.
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Comment on ChatGPT provides false information about people, and OpenAI can’t correct it in ~tech
tauon Link ParentOh don’t get me wrong, I agree with that decision – cases should go into their respective overarching topics. I just found it, let’s say, curious, how many legal issues for example tech companies...Oh don’t get me wrong, I agree with that decision – cases should go into their respective overarching topics.
I just found it, let’s say, curious, how many legal issues for example tech companies can face these days… But really that’s nothing new either.
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Comment on ChatGPT provides false information about people, and OpenAI can’t correct it in ~tech
tauon (edited )LinkIt seems more and more common that topics pop up which would almost warrant a sort of ~tech.legal, hadn’t we got tags to the rescue here! Found here: And, for context, noyb is: My take: I get...It seems more and more common that topics pop up which would almost warrant a sort of ~tech.legal, hadn’t we got tags to the rescue here!
Found here:
🚨 noyb has filed a complaint against the ChatGPT creator OpenAI
> OpenAI openly admits that it is unable to correct false information about people on ChatGPT. The company cannot even say where the data comes from.And, for context, noyb is:
a non-profit association committed to the legal enforcement of European data protection laws. So far, noyb has filed more than 900 cases against numerous intentional infringements - including companies such as Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon.
My take: I get where they’re coming from, to be honest. It’s very likely some of the data that can surface in ChatGPT can be classified as personally identifiable information that the company as data processors/controllers have to take care of… even if presented through an “unalterable” LLM interface.
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ChatGPT provides false information about people, and OpenAI can’t correct it
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Comment on Happy 6th Birthday, Tildes! in ~tildes
tauon Link ParentSame (on all counts). Very happy that a platform like Tildes exists in this day still, no complaints!Same (on all counts). Very happy that a platform like Tildes exists in this day still, no complaints!
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Comment on US Congress approves bill banning TikTok unless Chinese owner ByteDance sells platform in ~tech
tauon Link ParentFrom the perspective of an EU citizen, I think most people can somewhat agree on the content of the decision, but not on the true reasoning behind it. The US decision, I think, seems to outsiders...From the perspective of an EU citizen, I think most people can somewhat agree on the content of the decision, but not on the true reasoning behind it.
The US decision, I think, seems to outsiders to have put economic interests first, and national security a close second, despite the public claims.
And since the EU bodies do appear to
- not have a or multiple potential competitor companies
- have less of a military presence for a potential attack on Taiwan1
- not have fully realized the threat of cyber-propaganda yet
- typically be the first party to decide such bans or regulations, ahead of the US
… I somehow don’t see a ban here coming so soon, if at all. I’ll be happy to be proven wrong, though.
1: Despite having just as much, if not higher, of an interest in its independence than the US. Seriously, we should do more to both defend Taiwan and drastically (more-than-planned) increase independent chip production.
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Comment on Former naturalists/materialists, what changed your view? in ~humanities
tauon Link ParentWow. I’ve put this on the reading list for two days and finished it (as well as the story under the first link above) just now, and just wanted to say thank you for sharing. I’ve got some thinking...Wow.
I’ve put this on the reading list for two days and finished it (as well as the story under the first link above) just now, and just wanted to say thank you for sharing.
I’ve got some thinking to do now, I think…
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Comment on I just installed a DNS based firewall (I think) for the first time in my life. Help me understand which addresses to block. in ~tech
tauon (edited )LinkAs was already mentioned plenty above, please don’t try to brick anything by hand :D. I wanted to give insight into a potential use “similar” to the AWS – seemingly there for nefarious purposes,...As was already mentioned plenty above, please don’t try to brick anything by hand :D.
I wanted to give insight into a potential use “similar” to the AWS – seemingly there for nefarious purposes, but probably actually harmless.
I’ll try to break down the domain by the part(s) that caught my eye:
fp2e7a.wpc.phicdn.net
Not sure about “phi” without looking it up, but CDN stands for Content Delivery Network… and most often, but not always of course, the “content” really is content (and not e.g. advertisement). Spotify uses a scheme containing “cdn” for example, IIRC.
(Edit; looked it up and this seems to be the case, one source mentioned
i.scdn.coas part of Spotify’s image CDN – if you’re not paying attention it’s very easy to dismiss this as something unknown that shouldn’t be there…)apis.apple.map.fastly.net
Fastly is again a sort of delivery network for developers to ensure that code, data or whatever else they need to load in arrives at a user’s device from “the cloud”, well, fastly. I didn’t know Apple were using them, but for something potentially time-critical like in Apple Maps, it doesn’t seem out of place.
init.ess.g.aaplimg.com
get-bx.g.aaplimg.com
ocsp2.g.aaplimg.com
“img” is images, and “aapl” is Apple’s stock ticker abbreviation (yeah, sometimes they have to get creative with the domain names…). So this probably loads up some icons that might or might not change over time – perhaps App Store app logos?
Of course this is just speculation, but based on just the association with Apple in the second example, I wouldn’t remove it without knowing it does purely tracking stuff and that there won’t be breakage by cutting off contact with these addresses.
Second edit: Looked up that first domain a bit more, and it actually seems to be related to the legitimate ocsp.digicert.com again, not quite a typical CDN use case, but revealing nonetheless!
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Comment on Help me ditch Chrome's password manager! in ~tech
tauon Link ParentAnother content Bitwarden user’s mention: The core password manager offer is free and will stay free, including cross-device syncing… but for $1 a month you can also get a non-Google non-Microsoft...Another content Bitwarden user’s mention:
The core password manager offer is free and will stay free, including cross-device syncing… but for $1 a month you can also get a non-Google non-Microsoft authenticator app that works really well (plus a bunch of other features I don’t really need nor use).I also quite like that in addition to bitwarden.com, they offer an alternative server (& location) with bitwarden.eu
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Comment on I just switched to an iPhone, what should I do to make the most of this change? in ~tech
tauon Link ParentContacts I find to be a tricky one. I default to disabling it until an app has proven that it both requires contacts or improves my experience if it has access is trustworthy enough to send all of...Contacts I find to be a tricky one. I default to disabling it until an app has proven that it both
- requires contacts or improves my experience if it has access
- is trustworthy enough to send all of my contacts’ data to their servers.
It’s especially iffy with social media apps. If someone I know just allows uploading of their contacts, Facebook, Snapchat and the like will get to know things about me again, despite me possibly not wanting that to happen.
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Comment on I just switched to an iPhone, what should I do to make the most of this change? in ~tech
tauon Link ParentGood question, quick thinking! The apps already get “foregrounded”, meaning there is no infinite loop after the first device lock. I can unlock by the typical means (Touch/Face ID, passcode) and...Good question, quick thinking! The apps already get “foregrounded”, meaning there is no infinite loop after the first device lock. I can unlock by the typical means (Touch/Face ID, passcode) and then I’m “in” the respective app, and it remains unlocked until I go back to the home screen/another app.
But in general, no, it doesn’t “secretly” check if I’m the one viewing. It just defaults to locking the device. The shortcut consists of one action fittingly titled “Lock Screen.”
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Comment on I just switched to an iPhone, what should I do to make the most of this change? in ~tech
tauon Link Parent100% correct. I have one that plays a sound if the phone is disconnected from power during charging (and if still below a certain percentage threshold), so you don’t accidentally leave it...Shortcuts are one of my favorite tools to customize iPhone behavior. Stock settings are often very limited.
100% correct.
I have one that plays a sound if the phone is disconnected from power during charging (and if still below a certain percentage threshold), so you don’t accidentally leave it expecting to be charging while it’s not plugged in anymore.
For some extra privacy (I have this on Photos, Notes, Files), you can also add a shortcut “when any of 3 apps are opened” to lock the screen, and set it to run automatically without asking and without notification. But it might be too annoying for other use cases (e.g. if you never/rarely hand other people your phone while it’s unlocked).
Edit: I don’t know if it’s even still the default, but for OP, also definitely know that you can turn off the keyboard sounds when typing. Those used to annoy me so much in trains/buses, but these days most people (myself included) have them disabled, thankfully.
Good.
To be clear tough, technically the court said that classifying them as a “potential” extremism case was legal, not that they are (even though to any non-lawyer, that kind of goes hand in hand), and that German three-letter agencies may observe and impose special surveillance on them.